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Monday, November 7, 2016

MAHKOTA - MIS Specialist

Cardno is the Managing Contractor of MAHKOTA, an Australian Government
initiative, which provides support to help Indonesia better reach and
benefit the poorest, and address key binding constraints to growth,
competitiveness and rising inequality through ongoing labour market and
social protection reforms. The Government of Indonesia is committed to
accelerating the pace of poverty reduction and the President of
Indonesia has declared that poverty reduction is among the highest
development priorities of his administration.

The
Australian Government is a partner with the National Team for the
Acceleration of Poverty Reduction (TNP2K) under the office of the Vice
President of the Government of Indonesia. TNP2K is a policy think tank
to improve the quality and effectiveness of Indonesia's poverty
reduction programs that reach millions of poor Indonesians. The next
phase of social protection support from November 2015 through to October
2019 is MAHKOTA Indonesia - Menuju Masyarakat Indonesia Yang Kokoh
Sejahtera (Towards a Strong and Prosperous Indonesian Society). It will
continue to provide support to help Indonesia better reach and benefit
the poorest, as well as address key binding constraints to growth,
competitiveness and rising inequality through ongoing labour market and
social protection reforms.

Referring
to the 2015-2019 National Medium-Term Development Plan (RPJMN
2014-2019), the current administration plans to develop a more
comprehensive social protection system by 2019. As one of the strategies
to accomplish this, the current Government of Indonesia (GoI)
administration commits to reform or transform the current rice subsidy
program 'Raskin' into a broader food assistance program that will not
merely provide rice but also other kinds of food with new distribution
mechanism to reduce leakages. In agreement with this plan, the current
administration will gradually improve benefit disbursements by
transitioning to delivery of cash or vouchers instead of in-kind
transfers to beneficiaries, particularly in areas with sufficient
networks of local agents/retailers. This measure has been considered
appropriate, since in-kind disbursements have raised complications
regarding program efficiency, effectiveness, transparency, and
accountability in the past.

We
are currently looking for MIS Specialist under Raskin Reform Activity
TNP2K. The MIS Specialist will be responsible for leading the
requirement analysis, design, and development of Management Information
System (MIS) for pilot period and initial implementation of cashless
food assistance program, with complaint handling system (CHS) being
integrated into the MIS. In addition, he/she will be responsible for
supporting relevant ministries (Kemenko PMK and Kemendagri) for further
development/modification of Raskin Management Information System and
Complaint Handling System (Raskin MIS/CHS). He/she will report to the
National Implementation Coordinator/Team Leader for the Pilot and
support activities of the Cashless Food Assistance Program and work
closely with Complaint Handling Specialist and Application Developer.
He/she will coordinate and work with the entire team of the initiative.

The Terms of Reference containing full Selection Criteria can be downloaded from here: